Coffee County, TN Roof Snow Load - 10 psf
How much snow is too much for a roof in Coffee County, TN?
10 psf: that's what ASCE 7-22 requires a typical heated home's roof in Coffee County to carry. ASCE 7's low-slope-roof minimum (§7.3.4) raises the governing figure to 10 psf - higher than the 7 psf the ground-load formula alone would give, and the code says use the larger one.
Picture it, not just weigh it: 22 in. if it's fresh powder, 8 in. once it settles, or a mere 2 in. if it's ice. Standard residential construction handles a load this size without extra bracing; it is a modest addition on top of ordinary roof loading.
Coffee County at a glance
- Design roof snow load10 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map10 psf
- National rank#1,757 of 2,758
- Tennessee rank#28 of 95
- Population61,285
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal2.8 in.
- FIPS47031
How Coffee County compares
10 psf ranks #1,757 of 2,758 US counties with a mapped snow load (top 64%) - and #28 of 95 in Tennessee. Tennessee counties average 10.3 psf; Coffee County runs 0.3 psf lower than that.
Population 61,285 (FIPS 47031), roughly 35.4888°N 86.0782°W. The 10 psf ground snow load ASCE 7-22 maps here becomes 10 psf once the code's own design factors are applied.
Typical snowfall in Coffee County, TN
NOAA's 30-year normal for Coffee County: 2.8 in. of snow a year, from the TULLAHOMA, TN US station. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
What this Coffee County figure assumes
This is a county-level reference figure for a typical heated home built to Risk Category II (ordinary residential), on a partially exposed lot - the assumptions ASCE 7-22 itself treats as the default case. A steeper roof, a fully exposed hilltop lot, an unheated structure, or a higher risk category all change the actual number.
Coffee County's permit office wants an address-specific figure, not this county average - the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool is free, takes under a minute, and outputs a PDF most reviewers accept. See the methodology guide.